Glossary

The entries selection comes from the book “Dictionary of Judaica” (2005), which was written by a group of authors led by Eva Kosáková . Entries were further processed by Jaroslav Kuntoš, Dana Veselská, Olga Sixtová, Michaela Scheibová and Lenka Uličná. The book can be purchased at our e-shop.

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Synagogue scrolls

Made and written in the same way as the Torah scroll*, synagogue scrolls contain biblical texts which are read as part of the synagogue liturgy. Scrolls containing sections from the Prophets (Haftarot) or the Song of Songs (Heb. Shir ha-shirim), Book of Ruth, Lamentations (Eycha) or Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) have been preserved only rarely. The scroll of Esther* appears the most frequently. Scrolls are read in the synagogue on special occasions, such as Pesah, Shavuot, Tisha be-Av, Sukkot and Purim. Five scrolls (Heb. Hamesh Megilot) may also appear together in the form of a book volume.

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